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Not to be confused with FIFA World Cup 98.
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 is a singleplayer and multiplayer sports game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts via their EA Sports brand. It is a licensed FIFA game.
It was first released in North America on June 17, 1997, followed by Europe and Japan later in the same year.
It is noted that the game cannot be installed on 64-bit Windows OS with its default installer, and requires the workarounds to do so.
General information
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Availability
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Notes |
Keys |
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- This game is not available digitally.
- Demo
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch 1.40 which fixes compatibility issues with 3dfx Voodoo² is available at soggi.org.
nGlide wrapper
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 supports 2 rendering methods (Software Rendering and 3dfx). Due to compatibility issues, it's recommended to use nGlide 3dfx wrapper, which offers both better performance, better graphics as well as better stability on new machines. It can be downloaded here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Configuration files are encrypted.
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
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State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| Royalty free audio |
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The main theme is "Song 2" by Blur. All other music is by The Crystal Method. |
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| French |
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| German |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows
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Manual installation[citation needed]
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- Create a folder named
FIFA RTWC 98 somewhere on the hard drive.
- From the root folder of the game's disc, copy files
eacsnd.dll, fifa98.ico and fifartwc.exe to the FIFA RTWC 98 folder on the hard drive.
- Copy folders
AUDIO, COMM, COMMON, FEPACK and INGAME to the FIFA RTWC 98 folder on the hard drive.
- Download the installation package for FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 and extract it.
- Go to the folder containing newly extracted files and double-click on
key.reg to add it to Windows registry.
- Go to the
Compatibility entries folder and run PatchInstall.bat to add entries to compatibility database.
- Navigate back to the folder where
key.reg was and open the CD reference folder.
- From the folder that corresponds to the letter used by the CD drive in which the game disc is located, copy
INSTALL.DAT file to the FIFA RTWC 98 folder.
- Launch the game.
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
5 |
Added with patch 1.3 |
| Glide |
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| Software renderer |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
95, 98 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 100 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
150 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
SVGA, True Color |
Notes
References
